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Barbershop, Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence Studio

This photograph from a nitrate negative shows a young boy receiving a haircut at a barbershop in Lawrence, Kansas.

F. M. Steele's photography wagon

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of F. M. (Francis Marion) Steele's photography wagon with a young girl on horseback in the foreground and a herd of cattle in the background.

Barbershop, Dodge City, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a young boy reading a book while receiving a haircut at a barbershop in Dodge City, Kansas. In the background by-standers can be seen at the window.

L. W. Halbe collection

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.

Carpenters building a home

This photograph shows six carpenters building a wood-framed house and four barefoot children standing in a group by the work bench. Also visible are saws, lumber, nail box, window frame, wood plane, work bench, saw horses, and construction site rubbish.

Three photographs of John Ellis' blacksmith shop in Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas

These three photographs, taken around 1910, show the blacksmith preparing a horse shoe inside John Ellis' blacksmith shop in Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas. A farmer is holding the horse nearby, and a woman and child are also in one of the photographs.